WHAT?
We want to make sure young people are also part of the conversation. After all, it is their future we are all talking about. Teach the Future & Millennium Project, together with partners and friends, initiated the young voices edition.
JOIN!
Want to hear future visions of youngsters and chat together about the future? Then join our online session(s) all day round on March 1st.
WHY?
World Future Day is held every year on March 1st to spark an intergenerational global conversation on the future.
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24 hour conversations about the future
World Futures Day is on March 1 each year. This will be the tenth year that futurists and the general public will conduct a 24-hour, round-the-world conversation on the future on March 1st at 17:00 (5:00pm) evening in whatever time zone they are in. Each year, strangers from around the world discuss ideas about possible worlds of tomorrow in a relaxed, open, forum. Future research and studies are shared, new ideas come up, and new collaborations and friendships are made.
Young people
You want to join this intergenerational conversations among people of all ages. Check to see if there is still space to participate as a youth facilitator; See Registration link. You can bring your ideas about the future or just listen to what other people, younger and older, have to say.
World Futures Day
The Millennium Project, a global foresight participatory think tank, will host this conversation on the future in collaboration with the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Humanity+, the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), and the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF).
Teach the Future, a global non-profit, is providing a platform for intergenerational conversations about the future. Join Teach the Future and our global network register for the event, Free Ticket Registration Here. This will be based on time zones around the world at 17:00 (5:00PM) evening. Whatever time zone you are in, there will be an activity occurring at, 17:00 (5:00PM) evening so come check it out on March 1, 2023. World Futures Day - Young Voices
Teach the Future
Teach the Future is a global movement that promotes futures literacy for students and educators. Their aspiration is that every young person is prepared to navigate an uncertain world and has the agency to imagine and create their preferred future. They do this by teaching futures-thinking skills to students and educators around the world and to inspire them to influence their futures.
Partners
Our main inspirator and partner is The Millennium Project. And of course, all our partners from all over the world that support young people and their future. KinderTrendrede Team, DesignWorlds for College and Careers, Future Problem Solving Program International,
Can’t join online?
Not able to join but interested to start developing futures thinking skills? Take a look at this set of Future Cards. They are created by the Finnish Team of Finland Futures Research Center, Tulevaisuuskoulu and Futures Specialist Helsinki. Teach the Future community members translated them in various languages. Download them now for free!
Let’s imagine the future together and talk about different ideas from different locations with young minds from all over the world.
More info: www.teachthefuture.org/world-future-day Contact for more info: lisa@teachthefuture.org
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